Healthy Eating Team

Healthy food cultivates a healthy community

The Healthy Eating Teamfosters nutrition by supporting and rewarding healthy food environments, such as those in schools and restaurants. Healthy food environments promote and enable healthy eating habits, which are critical to managing and preventing chronic disease.

Goals

1. To increase the awareness of and access to nutritious foods by supporting initiatives which reduce economic, geographic, knowledge and social barriers to healthy eating

2. To advocate for nutrition policies that promote the health of northern Saskatchewan residents

3. To support Heathy Eating Team development and the continued education of team members

4. To standardize prenatal education offered in northern Saskatchewan

School Nutrition Mentoring Project

The School Nutrition Mentoring Project brings an expert nutrition mentor and registered dietitian into participating schools in northern Saskatchewan. These experts work side-by-side with a local school nutrition worker, to improve the quality of the food served to students and advocate for healthy eating habits and healthy food choices.

Since launching in 2014, the nutrition mentoring program focuses on breakfast, lunch, snacks or a combination thereof. Site visits include:

A practical learning session focused on menu planning

Troubleshooting challenges faced in the nutrition program

Preparing of and serving new, healthier menu items

Once a year, all those involved are invited to attend an in-person workshop to build a support network, learn from each other, and to continue to advance skills in food preparation and improve school menus.

This second of five sets of slides is meant for use by professional when providing prenatal education to mothers-to-be is all about how a mother's body grows and changes throughout pregnancy. Based on up-to-date and evidence-based information provided by the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute's Your Pregnancy Month by Month and incorporating interactive learning activities, these resources are made to be used in prenatal classes, small groups or one-on-one educations sessions all across northern Saskatchewan.